So I'm back in Swansea from various travelling across the country and I'd like to say that normal service will resume soon. However I can't, because until someone explains the following comment to me I'm not doing anything (apart from maybe cook tea, as I'm rather hungry). Queuing up to get the bus from Swansea City Centre to my house I dropped one of my gloves on the floor. I started to bend down to pick the glove up at the same time as a kindly old lady in front of me. Me being fit and nimble and not suffering from the various problems an old lady has I managed to pick it up first. Me being nice and friendly though I smiled at her and said "thanks anyway" upon which she replied, and this is the mysterious comment that makes no sense, "you should have let me pick it up so then I could have got the luck".
Before I descend into long and cogent discourse upon why this makes no sense whatsoever, I should point out three things. First of all, she didn't say it in a mean way, just in a ho-hum sort of way. She didn't seem mad at me at all. Secondly, I wasn't particularly lucky after picking up the gloves myself, unless you count remembering that my parent's house alarm code isn't the same as my PIN number after the second digit. Thirdly, and perhaps most pertinently, immediately after she said that she tried to get the bus and was told that actually this bus didn't go anywhere near where she wanted to go and she needed to wait for the other one. Ha! That'll teach you to try and steal luck that was deservedly mine!
If someone can explain to me how this story might make sense I'd be eternally grateful.
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According to this Directory of Superstitions I found, if you drop a glove, never pick it up yourself; bad luck will follow if you do, but it is a very good omen if a stranger picks it up for you.
Now I have no idea where this comes from, but I know I'm not taking my chances...
According to another Superstitions site (again, it's no Wikipedia), it is unlucky to pick up an odd glove on the street. Maybe this explains the lady's unfortunate bus experience.